Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-10-21
&C., &C.
HARRIsoNBURG, Oct. It'll

INGS LARGE, AND THE DEMOCRATS
MAD.
HARRIsONBURG, Oct. 18th.
There is 1858 in the air, and / make this
prophecy to you; that the next twenty-days
of politics in Virginia will be hotter than
they have been since that year. The Dem
ocratic campaign of that year, just as that
of this years received an une expected boost
upwards from the enemy. Just four years
ago to-day, in the white heat of a po-
lltical contest, and when it was just
dawning that the Republican side was get
ting the worst of it, the Negroes of Dan
vile held a political meeting. 1t was pre-
sided over by Peasants, a glib mulatto,
who those that attended the Republican
State convention at Staunton, still remem-
Der. The Danville meeting unanimously
adopted resolutions calling on the Presi-
dent of the United States to send troops
there election dag. 1t was this glare of light
on Republican political purposes that stir
red the Virginia Democracy into new fire.
1t was an interference with the State that
made every Democratic Virginian g nerves
Jingle. So again, last week in tt heat of
political campaign Republican Federal
Judge at Richmond gave the Democracya
new thrill by sending the State officers to
jail. If may judge by the feeling here
on that startling outrage, Judge Bonds
action in falling the Virginia officers has
not only stirred up the Democracy all over
the State, but has saved the Democratic
canvassers a world of trouble in preparing
their speeches. A plain and exact state
ment of the situation as far as the State
is concerned and the far reaching effect Of
the Federal Judges order, is about all
Democratic orator has any occasion for
lust now. The references to it in the
Democratic meeting to-day were received
with cheers and yelIs of approval, and
those made to it by Mr.. Wise in the Re-
publican meeting were received in
silence though he didn It attempt to de-
fend it. 1t appeared Chat however anx-
ious the Republicans may be to down the
Democrats, they don't relish seeing FED
eral Judge putting Virginia State officers
behind the bars.
THE WISE MEETING.
1 came here to-day because I was
curious to see how Malone man, one of
the LEAD on Master. I follow thee" sort
would be able to get through two-hours'
speech, the policy of which forbid his in
PRODUCING his Master" as the Senatorial
issue of this campaign. For. whatever may
be said of John 5. Wise in politics he is
not faithIess to the Master he has chosen.
and his fidelity to him is questioned by no
man, That fidelity put him at disad-
vantage before his audince to-day. There
is very little sham, or the art of stimulation
about Wise, and the very knowledge that
a part of the Republican plan of campaign
is to keep dark about Malone in its ora
tory, made the situation awkward for
him. He is man fond of saying what
he thinks, be it polite or impolitic, and
so to-day he seemed to speak with veil
between him and the people. He didn't
appear to get into them as he has the IA
Gully VI QOlUSs 4hCLO "OiO poo WV oAO-
jects on which had an interest in hearing
him-Mahone and Bond.
yIRGINIANs WHINING" ABOUT BOND.
In the matter Of Judge Bonds action,
Mr.. Wise was very brief. 1t was very
dangerous ground before an audience of
Wirginiank and he knew it. He said
s''Every decision in the United States
Courts has been against them 1.-THE Demo-
crats) and having started out TO settle the
State debt they have wound up in jail.
And now they are whining about Bond. I
don't believe Bond is right, but don't be-
lieve they know whether he is right or
wrong.'' This was all he said. The chilly
reception of this much, suppose. caused
him to be brief oa that head.
MAINE.
1t was a long time before he came to
the Malone part of the address, and when
he reached it he shunted off into an attack
on Barbour, about the Same lately printed
by Malone in pamphlet form. "The
Democrats" he said, ''try to turn your
attention from all this (h1s description of
Democratic shortcomings by crying,
BILLY Mahone.' They use his name as
nurses do a Jack in-the-box TO frighten
children. They say he is Boss-people
in a party run by Barbour talking about
"a Boss! Why, after they got whipped last
fall they assembled and just turned their
party bodily over to Barbour" In COZ
GLIDING his parallel between Malone and
Barbour, complimentary to the former,
he said, There are Other man 10 the Re
publican party besides Gen. Malone. fit
TO 90 to the Senate and the time we ought
to discuss them all is after we have won
she victory over the Democracy. But II
the Democrats want to force the issue, we
have nothing to lose by comparing Will
liam Malone with John S. Barbour. They
try to PLAY upon prejudice against Ma
hone; we ought not to let them do it.
/ They are afraid of him and the trouble
| with them is that they haven't got any
! body like him. IF Malone would today
90 with them, they would lick lis boots
/ like they did John E. Massey's. We see